At some point we all get the hiccups. Hiccups are just a part of being human. Two or three hiccups might not get noticed, but continuing to hiccup often leads to your entire family getting involved in trying to stop them. How Come I ... Got the Hiccups takes children, pre-school, kindergarten, and first grade along with a boy and his older sister as they try to stop the boy’s hiccups. The solutions attempted are probably typical in the United States of America. Colorful illustrations encourage readers to learn simple words and to count. Read the story with your parents, grandparents, older siblings, or friends the first time. Then add how you stop the hiccups. Extra pages at the end leave room for your own illustrations. Also, readers are encouraged to add their solutions to the Hiccups via the website provided at the end of the book. The word hiccup is similar across countries – are our solutions?